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EZEKEIL THEODORE EXUM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1945 – February 22, 1967
Service recordEzekeil Theodore Exum, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 74
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 74
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE GRIFFINPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ROBERT MORRIS JONESCorporal · February 22, 1967
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL KRANSHANPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.